New Horizon of Spiritual Well-being and Hope among Cancer Patients: A Psychological Aspect

Vol. 6 No. 4

Year: 2013

 
Issue: Feb-Apr

Title : New Horizon of Spiritual Well-being and Hope among Cancer Patients: A Psychological Aspect

 

Author Name : Sidra Liaquat, Sarwat Sultan , Irshad Hussain

 

Synopsis :

The purpose of this study was to address the importance of spiritual well-being and hope among cancer patients diagnosed with its different stages. Through stratified sampling techniques, 120 cancer patients from four stages evenly divided into male and female participated in this study. Spiritual Well-being Scale (Paloutzian & Ellison, 1982) and Hope Scale (Snyder, Harris, Anderson, et al, 1991) were used to measure the levels of spiritual well-being and hope respectively. Results indicated a significant positive relationship between spiritual well-being and hope among cancer patients of all stages while surprisingly this relationship was higher in last stage of cancer patients. The findings showed that patients in last stage of cancer have high hope and high spiritual well-being than that of other stages. The findings pertaining to gender differences showed that female cancer patients have high level of hope and spiritual well-being as compared to male cancer patients.

The Effects of, Lined Paper, Prompting, Tracing, Rewards, and Fading to Increase Handwriting Performance and Legibility with Two Preschool Special Education Students Diagnosed with Developmental Delays, and Fine Motor Deficits

Vol. 6 No. 4

Year: 2013

 
Issue: Feb-Apr

Title : The Effects of, Lined Paper, Prompting, Tracing, Rewards, and Fading to Increase Handwriting Performance and Legibility with Two Preschool Special Education Students Diagnosed with Developmental Delays, and Fine Motor Deficits

Author Name : Erin Smith, Thomas McLaughlin, Jennifer Neyman , Lisa Rinaldi

Synopsis :

This study was designed to examine the effects of tracing and fading prompts to improve the handwriting of two preschoolers both diagnosed as Developmentally Delayed (DD) and one of whom had fine motor goals.  The study took place in a self-contained special education public preschool classroom located in the Pacific Northwest.  The results showed an increase in legibility of writing for both participants as well as an increase in independence when writing their letters.  This report suggests that providing traceable prompts and methodically fading those prompts based on student performance was effective and applicable when teaching preschool children diagnosed with Developmental Delays to write their names. 

An example of a visually impaired student’s learning geometry

Vol. 6 No. 4

Year: 2013

 
Issue: Feb-Apr

Title : An example of a visually impaired student’s learning geometry

 

Author Name: Diana Cheng

 

Synopsis :

Students with special needs often require additional assistance in order to learn at the university level. This article documents a professor’s efforts in teaching a visually impaired prospective elementary school teacher geometry content knowledge.  The goal of this article is to shed light upon the iterative process of accommodating for individual needs of students.  The author highlights the persistence and creative problem solving required for helping this student, with the hope that other faculty members will provide the due help to their special needs students with the same persistence.

Title : Effect of Educational Games on Social Skills in Iranian Mentally Retarded Children Author Name : Zohreh Shakibaei, Flora Rahimaghaee, Masoumeh Arish Synopsis : There is about 1.5 to 3 million of exceptional children in Iran. By this great population, educational system of Iran must undoubtedly pay special attention to these children. One of the most distinct characteristics of these people is their inability to establish effective communication with the society. Current research was conducted to investigate the efficacy of educational games on the ability of social skills in mentally retarded girls aging 8-12 years. This study was semi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test. The sample group contained 20 mentally retarded girls according to the research criteria which Whole of them were selected because of a small number of cases. 10 of them were randomly assigned to the test group, while the other 10 were assigned to the control group. The test group was trained the social skills using directed educational games, while the control group followed the normal trend of the class. Wailand’s social growth test was applied to both groups. In this study, ANCOVA was used for analysis. Results suggest that the experience group has significantly higher scores as compared to the control group. This finding is in agreement with those of other researchers and indicates capabilities of the educational games in improving the ability of social skills.

Adolescence Behaviour Problems : How To Tackle Or Prevent?

Vol. 6 No. 4

Year: 2013

 
Issue: Feb-Apr

Title: Adolescence Behaviour Problems : How To Tackle Or Prevent?

 

Author Name: V. Jurist Lionial Kumar

Synopsis:

Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and mental human development that occurs between child hood and adulthood. Adolescent period starts with puberty. The period during which the capability for sexual reproduction is attained; it is marked by changes in both primary and secondary sexual characteristics and is  dated from menarche in girls and the emergence of pigmented pubic hair in boys. During Adolescence period psycho–social development,   psycho–sexual development are taking place because of all the developments adolescents play several roles and that creates problems in adolescents life. In this article the author gives some important behavior problems of adolescents and how to tackle or overcome these problems.

Stress Management: A Case Study of Professional Students on Impact of Meditation & Yoga on stress levels

Vol. 6 No. 4

Year: 2013

 
Issue: Feb-Apr

Title: Stress Management: A Case Study of Professional Students on Impact of Meditation & Yoga on stress levels

 

Author Name: DR.T.L.Narasimha Reddy, S. Ammani

Synopsis:

Meditation is one of the Five Principles of Yoga. It is the practice by which there is constant observation of the mind. It requires you to focus your mind at one point and make your mind still in order to perceive the 'self'. Through the practice of Meditation, it will help achieve a greater sense of purpose and strength of will. It also helps you achieve a clearer mind, improve your concentration, and discover the wisdom and tranquility within you. To Assess the Yoga and Meditation impact of Academic Stress among Professional Students like Medicos, Engineering students this study is undertaken.  This study we conducted on a sample of 100(Yoga=50 and Meditation=50) Professional Students in Tirupati  of  Chittor District of Andhra Pradesh. In order to realize the objectives of the study, Two hypotheses were formulated. (1) There would be significant impact of Yoga on Stress among Professional Students with regard to Pre-test and Post-test.(2) There would be significant impact of Meditation on Stress among Professional Students with regard to Pre-test and Post-test. Stress index developed by A.K.Srivatsava and A.P.Singh (1984) was administered to the sample. It measures stress in 12 dimensions, namely, Role Over load, Role ambiguity, Role conflict, Unreasonable  groups  and political pressures, Frustration, Under Pressure For Exams, Competition in class, Poor peer relations, Financial burden, scholarship requirements, family-related pressures and course-related stress. Their age ranges from 21 to 25 years. Data was analyzed using Means, SD’S and t values. Results show that Yoga and Mediation training reduce the stress among Professional Students, and implications were drawn.